Foundation

Foundation for International Child Health of the DGKJ (formerly known as Hermann-Mai-Foundation)

The Foundation for International Child Health of the German Society for Child and Adolescent Health e. V. was founded in 1983 in order to support child health services in countries with limited resources. The foundation is charitable. The board members of the GTP constitute the foundations’ advisory board.

The purpose of the foundation is:

to further develop professional qualifications of paediatricians in resource limited settings in order to improve paediatric health care services

To support projects which directly contribute to prevention and care of the most common health problems as well as to education of local medical personal in resource limited settings

Initially the foundation was named after the paediatrician Prof. Dr. Hermann Mai, who collaborated with Albert Schweitzer in Lambarene / Gabun after having retired from his post as director of the university paediatric hospital in Münster / Westphalia and who was very enthusiastic about tropical medicine. The name was changed in 2017 due to the results of recent investigations which showed that Hermann Mai actively supported the National Socialists’ ideology. Especially the active role of Hermann Mai regarding forced sterilisations of women and men needs to be interpreted as medical malpractice and remembered as such (publication in the journal Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde on this topic).

Projects supported by the foundation (selection):

2016

Partial reimbursements of travel expenses for a lecturer to teach paediatric echocardiography in Asella, Ethiopia

Travel expenses for the research of a medical historian regarding the history of Hermann Mai

Covering the costs of participation in an EEG course in Germany for a doctor from the paediatric hospital in Betlehem, Palestine

2015

Travel expenses for the research of a medical historian regarding the history of Hermann Mai

2014

2 x travel expenses for lecturers and printing expenses for the International Conference of Tropical Paediatrics in Nairobi, Kenya

27th Jan - 31st Jan 2020 at Schloß Rauischholzhausen, the conference center of the University of Gießen in Germany. Once again we will provide you with a diverse course schedule containing lectures, practical workshops and clinical seminar. Furthermore there will be enough time for professional international exchange of plans and experiences.
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